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[...] "successful" young writer: enthusiastic reviews; a brief life on the best-seller lists; translation into a dozen languages; and an option deal from a Hollywood producer with deep pock-ets. These very welcome developments coincided with the worst depressive episode of my adult life. I can't sa…

The following day, we were sitting at lunch on the roof of the hotel with the skyline of São Paulo stretching as far as we could see when Mark declared imperially, as he gazed at the view, “We’re going to write a book about Facebook together someday.” That sounds fun, I thought, but then my mind re…

The men in the detail turned serious only when we passed through a tunnel. “I hate tunnels,” one growled tensely. “Why?” I asked. “Everything bad happens in tunnels,” he said. “We learned that in Iraq. They can block you in on both sides and do anything they want to you in the middle,” he explained…